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Double Lung Transplant With Bypass

Virginia rates for HCPCS 32854

Replacement of both of a patient's lungs with donor lungs, with the heart-lung machine taking over the circulation and gas exchange during the operation. Support from the machine is used when the patient cannot tolerate having the lungs worked on one at a time. It is offered for end-stage lung disease affecting both sides.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Double Lung Transplant With Bypass cost?

$9,297

Typical total for the visit. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,297 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $5,495 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$5,495$4,677 to $6,166
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$1,862 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $759 to $11,482Professionalmedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $4,266 to $7,586
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,802professional $5,495

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$5,623.41
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12,589.25
Median
$22,387.21
Typical High
$38,018.94
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$6,760.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,265.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,096.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$954.99
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$6,760.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$6,309.57
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$9,120.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$9,332.54
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,818.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 8.4 times more in Wisconsin than in Texas. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Virginia· 20th of 51

$9,297

$5,495 physician + $3,802 facility

WI $28,671TX $3,407

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.